If you've been watching any Cleveland Browns games, other NFL or NCAA college football games, you'll notice that the players, including the quarterbacks, all have one thing in common: they are all wearing mouth guards! Mouth guards not only help to prevent injury to the teeth and help with head stabilization, but also help athletes perform better. This [...]
With the changes in our confirming system, Smile Reminder, as well as the continuing popularity of the Internet, we invite our patients to continually engage with us on social networks. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch our videos on YouTube Connect with Dr. Marsh on LinkedIn Send and post photos of your [...]
Our last two segments on "Golden Opportunities" (on March 10th and March 24th) on WKYC/Channel 3 focused on the things/qualities that people should look for in a dentist and dental office. Included among the techniques were digital X-rays/Dexis, the use of the Odyssey Navigator diode laser, digital impressions, and the diagnodent for cavity detection. New materials [...]
As the fall and football/lacrosse seasons are upon us, it's time to revisit ways to protect your smile with athletic mouthguards, like the kind worn by Brandon Weeden to RGIII to - dare I mention - LeBron James. The boil-and-bite mouthguards work OK, but here at ClevelandSmiles, we're able to make custom mouthguards that fit [...]
Dental Accident or Broken Tooth While Traveling Nearly every summer here in Cleveland/Northeastern Ohio, we will get a call from a parent or spouse that their child had an accident at camp or around the house resulting in a fractured/chipped tooth. They then ask the question "What should we do?" I want you to know [...]
Wendy and I recently returned from the AACD (American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry) meeting in Washington, D.C. Not only were the courses outstanding, but we got to see our new grandson, Owen and his parents in Alexandria, Virginia. The continuing education classes at the AACD meeting focused on the latest techniques in both general and [...]
We've had a number of patients ask about our new Odyssey Navigator Diode Laser and how we are using it. It is being used for procedures like gum contouring, crown lengthening (to give us more tooth structure for retention of materials), and even removal of mouth sores and mucoceles. It is virtually painless, there is [...]
How Many Xrays is Too Many? In the news of late was mention of the use of dental xrays and the frequency with which they should be taken. We recommend having cavity detecting bite-wing radiographs and periapicals done once per year, and a full set of radiographs once every three years (which we do on [...]
We recently gave a class to about 25 Cleveland dentists and dental assistants at the Dental Ceramics laboratory and training center in Richfield. The course centered on the use of the Cadent Itero digital impression system. It really is state of the art and is quickly becoming the standard of care in dentistry when taking [...]
After doing a WKYC Channel 3/Golden Opportunities segment on veneers, I had a lot of questions about the strength of the new porcelain veneers we are using. Our primary material, in both veneers and crowns, is called EMax, developed by the Ivoclar company (their USA headquarters are in Buffalo, New York, which I visited last [...]